Agile Intro
Fill in the blank with one word: “Agile is a ____.”
Mindset
These are the three roles on a Scrum Team (by-the-book)
Scrum Master, Product Owner, Development Team
A way to gather user requirements that helps us take on the perspective of our customer. One format is: “As a __, I want __, so that __."
A User Story
The Japanese term for continuous improvement efforts to enhance products and services based on user feedback and team retrospectives.
Kaizen
"Stop starting and start ____."
Finishing
The Agile mindset is comprised of this many principles.
12
A team that has the autonomy to choose how best to accomplish their work, rather than being directed by others outside of the team, is called this.
A Self-Organizing Team
Some of the human-centered design methods we covered that help us understand how customers interact with your services.
Empathy maps
Journey maps
Personas
This Japanese term describes visiting "the real place" where the work happens to observe, ask questions, and show respect to those doing the work
"Gemba" walk
Design Thinking uses this sequence of geometric shapes to illustrate divergence and convergence as we move through the Problem space and into the Solution space.
Double Diamond
Agile values THIS over following a plan.
Responding to change
A concept that allows us to create environments of trust, free of judgment or punishment, is called this.
Psychological Safety
This 3-letter term describes a product that has been developed but meets the baseline requirements of the user. It's typically used to get fast feedback and to spur future iterations.
MVP (minimum viable product)
This Japanese term describes the phases for mastering any knowledge or practice.
Shu-Ha-Ri
(Follow the Rule - Be the Rule - Break the Rule)
The Trust Equation suggests that trust is a function of competence, reliability, sincerity, and empathy, divided by this.
Self-orientation
The Agile principle that encourages interactions between people to be more human with each other and does not necessarily need to be “in-person.”
Face-to-face is best
These are the 5 stages of Tuckman's Model Phases of Team Development
What are:
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning
This is where Agile teams often put new ideas they have gathered from their customers, and is a good place to help teams prioritize ideas against other ideas.
The Backlog
This Lean tool, named after the Japanese words for "visual" and "card," is often used by teams to visualize their work in progress, making bottlenecks apparent.
Kanban board
A team may consider limiting this to increase their output during a given iteration.
Work in Progress (WiP)
The Agile manifesto was created at a ski resort in this year.
2001
In Agile teams, this law states that the structure of a system mirrors the communication structure of the organization that built it.
Conway's Law
These five phases—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test—make up this approach to innovation.
Design Thinking
The Japanese word for the Lean concept of eliminating wasteful activities that do not add value.
Muda (無駄)
Agile estimation uses this modified number sequence for pointing stories.
Fibonacci